During Ottoman rule, major churches ... Church’s Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 13, 2012. Heidi Levine/GroundTruth The Western Christians who do come to Bethlehem ...

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The inscribed property is situated 10 km south of Jerusalem ... Patriarchs of the three churches at their several Christmases, and during their official visits to Bethlehem. The outstanding universal ...

A church in Bethlehem ... “We are under a strict siege. Bethlehem is empty from tourists. There has been a high number of unemployment since the closure [by Israeli forces] of Jerusalem.” While ...

“Last year, I left the Nativity church at 3 a.m. after multiple Masses,” says Kevin Vollrath, manager of Middle East partnerships at Churches for Middle East Peace, who lives near ...

The procession consisted of a convoy of vehicles from Jerusalem ... the Church of the Nativity and musical performances by bands from all over the world. There are hardly any tourists in Bethlehem ...

The strands of lights are falling down one after another, forming a kind of curtain of threads in front of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem ... of the churches in Jerusalem have urged ...

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, was in attendance, along with public worshippers from Jerusalem ... however, Bethlehem’s annual nativity scene looked a little different this year.